Meanwhile, in hockey the other night, the Washington Capitals' Eric Belanger gets hit with a stick, loses EIGHT teeth, has an instant root canal in the locker room, comes back out and PLAYS and never says boo.

So new rule, NBA: Unless you have a root canal at halftime, SHUT UP AND PLAY!

And that game was decided on way before those two were legitimately anchored in the lineup. ESPN can only use teams so many times on Sunday night. Obviously they want to maximize the use of the Mets for the New York market. So they stacked them early in case they go down the shitter again. It's smart.

In case they go down? They're not expected to do anything anyway. They also change the games the 2nd half of the year on ESPN so it didn't matter what was scheduled. You couldn't be more wrong on this one.

Man Morgan was on Heyward's nuts so bad last night. He made an excuse for everything he did. It was pretty ridiculous. Heyward did squat against Mets pitching also thids weekend. I think he even struck out like 6 or 7 times.

In case they go down? They're not expected to do anything anyway. They also change the games the 2nd half of the year on ESPN so it didn't matter what was scheduled. You couldn't be more wrong on this one.

Then why would they stack the Mets early in the season so they can't use them later?

Then why would they stack the Mets early in the season so they can't use them later?

It's a coincidence. The games that are scheduled now for later in the season will be most likely be changed anyway. There are Sunday games against the Dodgers and Phillies in August and September that are still TBD. They change games around all the time.

It's a coincidence. The games that are scheduled now for later in the season will be most likely be changed anyway. There are Sunday games against the Dodgers and Phillies in August and September that are still TBD. They change games around all the time.

I know they change games. But there is sitll a maximum amount of times you can play on Sunday night a given season. I'm not suprised in the least the Mets are being used early . Why save potential games for them in the second half of the seaosn? Kind of like how the Steelers aren't on primetime in until week 7. Is that a coincidence too? The leagues have reasons for how and when they use the teams for nationally televised games.

I know they change games. But there is sitll a maximum amount of times you can play on Sunday night a given season. I'm not suprised in the least the Mets are being used early . Why save potential games for them in the second half of the seaosn? Kind of like how the Steelers aren't on primetime in until week 7. Is that a coincidence too? The leagues have reasons for how and when they use the teams for nationally televised games.

Football and baseball are totally different. The ratings from a Sunday night football game blow baseball out of the water. ESPN sunday night baseball doesn't even come close to NBC sunday night football. If you think there's a conspiracy here that's cool but it really doesn't matter much. I'd rather get the ESPN sunday games out of the way considering how bad their broadcasts are.